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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a former DCPS family (w/experience in both EOTP and WOTP schools) that moved to MCPS (BCC cluster). Both school systems have positives and negatives. For example, the experience at different schools in MCPS is much more even than in DCPS. MCPS still uses busing in some areas to achieve diversity, and they don't allow PTAs to pay for staff like DCPS does. But if you are in a school in DCPS that benefits from having parents give money to the PTA to hire more teachers--then I think MCPS would be a downgrade.

Generally I think MCPS is a lot strong for MS/HS, and there are ES/MS magnet/G&T programs, which DCPS doesn't have (at least that I'm aware of). Happy to answer questions about our experience if people have any.[/quote]

Thanks for your insight. Do you have experience with BCC HS yet? [/quote]

We don't, but we have friends with kids there, and they really like it. Kids have the option of doing the IB degree program or the regular program. Most of my friends' kids take a mix of IB and AP classes, depending on what they want in a given subject. (AP is more a survey course; IB delves deep into a topic.)

For me, as someone who lived EOTP in DC and lotteried into a WOTP school out of pure luck, I feel one of the benefits of MCPS is having solid options for all grade levels without having to play the lottery. When we were in DCPS, we felt so lucky to have lotteried into a good school. But because we had to do a cross-city commute each day, we really didn't feel like part of the WOTP school. We were the only family in our neighborhood that went to the WOTP DCPS that our child went to.

In MCPS, most of the kids in our neighborhood go to the local school. (Some go private, and others have lotteried into language immersion MCPS or go to the magnet programs.) I feel like I am much more a part of the community. But people who go to their inbounds DCPS might feel different.

There are definitely things I'm disappointed in MCPS for, particularly during the pandemic, when the metrics they have adopted are so stringent it feels like there is no chance of any in-person school this year. On the other hand, our experience this fall with distance learning has been pretty good on balance. Our teacher is very good and engaged, and our child is learning a lot (with parental support to review material). In the spring, distance learning I would say was a universal disaster for all MCPS families. Basically, no learning going on.[/quote]

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